PROGRAM GUIDE SYSTEM WITH ADVERTISEMENTS

Patent №

US 8,397,259

Granted

2013-03-12

Filed 2010

Owner

PREVUE NETWORKS, INC.

+1 more

Lab

AI components

2

kr · hardware

Assignment

Recorded

Dataset

AIPD

2023_r1 edition

Application

12891385

An interactive television program guide is provided in which advertisements may be displayed on program guide screens. Banner advertisements may be displayed above and below program listings. Panel advertisements may be provided adjacent to program listings. The advertisements may contain video. The advertisements may be used to promote television programs and conventional goods and services. When a user selects an advertisement, the program guide provides the user with an opportunity to order products or services, request information, set reminders for upcoming programs, view program descriptions, record programs, or take other such actions. Embedded advertisements may be provided within the program listings region and may be automatically displayed immediately adjacent to related program listings.

Knowledge representationAI hardwareH04N 21/4316G06Q 30/02H04N 7/17318H04N 21/4221H04N 21/4532H04N 21/47H04N 21/47202H04N 21/4722+6 more

AI classification

AI hardware0.98
Knowledge representation0.60
Vision0.08
Evolutionary computation0.00
Machine learning0.00
Planning0.00
Speech0.00
Natural language0.00

Ownership

PREVUE NETWORKS, INC.

assignment · 250790449

TV GUIDE NETWORKS, INC.

namechg · 250800320

Assignors

KNUDSON, EDWARD B., HASSELL, JOEL G., MARSHALL, CONNIE T., LEMMONS, THOMAS R., REYNOLDS, STEVEN J., KNEE, ROEBRT A., CARPENTER, KENNETH F., JR., THOMAS, WILLIAM L., HERRINGTON, W. BENJAMIN, WILLIAMSON, STEVEN C., ELLIS, MICHAEL D., ALLISON, DONALD W.

On an employer assignment, the assignors are typically the inventors.

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